Kathmandu, March 6 -- Amid prolonged delays in constituting a committee to nominate bearers for the transitional justice commissions, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has called for immediate action to this effect.

Addressing the House of Representatives Wednesday, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chief Whip Hit Raj Pandey said his party demands appointment of the chairpersons and members in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons.

"The commissions are vacant months after the Act (the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act) was amended," he said. "Forming the commission is a must to heal the pain of the victims."

After long negotiations among the major part...